Overview
Determining a student’s residency status must be based on the existence of surrounding objective circumstances that indicate a student’s intent to maintain a permanent presence, or Domicile, in the State of Georgia. No single factor is conclusive. Similarly, there is no predetermined number of factors required to be met. The following indicators may be considered when documenting the Domicile of an individual, but this is not an exhaustive list:
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Location of employment.
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Location of voter registration.
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Location of property, including home purchase, and taxes paid thereon.
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State for which the individual filed and paid state income taxes.
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Address and other information on federal and state income tax returns.
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State where the person’s automobile title is registered and the payment of property taxes thereon.
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Address on driver’s license and state of issuance.
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Address on the Georgia Driver’s License Bureau ID.
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Reason for initially coming to Georgia.
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State of issuance of business, professional, or other licenses.
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Location of checking, savings or other banking accounts.
Citizenship Requirements:
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A student meets the Citizenship Requirements, for purposes of this procedure and the related policies, if he or she is a United States Citizen, born or naturalized.
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A student meets the Citizenship requirements, for purposes of this procedure and the related policies, if he or she is an Eligible Non-Citizen, according to the Federal Title IV definition.
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Ineligible Non-Citizens: A Non-Citizen cannot qualify for in-state tuition. However, in the discretion of the President of the college the international tuition may be waived in favor of an out of state tuition rate for a Non-Citizen.